A wonderful vintage guide to preserving and pickling food, with over two hundred recipes for making preserves, jellies, jams, marmalades, pickles, and relishes. Easy-to-digest and full of handy tips, this volume will be of considerable utility to those with an interest in economical cooking, and would make for a fantastic addition to culinary collections. Contents include: “Some General Directions”, “The Proper Utensils”, “The Sterilization of Glasses and Jars”, “The Materials”, “Preserves and Conserves”, “Plum Preserves”, “New Preserves from Combined Fruits”, “Jellies and Jams”, “The Making of Marmalades”, “Spiced and Pickled Fruits”, et cetera. Many vintage books such as this are becoming increasingly rare and expensive. We are republishing this volume now in an affordable, modern, high-quality edition complete with a specially commissioned new introduction preserving food.